The National Association of Farm Broadcasting will honor two of its finest during this year’s convention on Thursday, November 12. The honor will be presented during the Night of Honors Celebration Banquet. Lee McCoy and Evan Slack have been voted into the NAFB Hall of Fame by the Hall of Fame Committee — a working group of five individuals composed …
Why You Should Attend NAFB Convention
Here’s why you should attend this year’s NAFB convention: EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS SOON! Get your registration in now to receive the favored rate! Rates will go up after October 16. Click here to register today! The group rate ($135+ tax) at the Westin expires October 25, so be sure to get your room booked soon. Click here to go directly …
New NAFB Website Live Now
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting website has been “made over” and it’s live now. So check it out and see what you think. I’m glad I can visit it now on my Mac with Firefox. The previous version caused havoc with the browser. So I guess you could call it a much more “friendly” website. And doesn’t it just …
2009 NAFB Foundation Toy Tractor Available
If you would like to support the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation then here’s one way you can do it. Place your order now for the 2009 NAFB Foundation Toy Tractor! This year’s model, a Farmall Super M…once again designed and signed by Joe Ertl, is available on a limited basis. Click here or visit www.nafb.com to order today!
NAFB To Study Farmer Internet Usage
You know how much farmers like to be studied don’t you? Yeah. You’ve got that right. Well now the National Association of Farm Broadcasting is conducting a new survey of how farmers use the internet and what types of information they get from it and how. Most recently we saw results of a similar study by Nicholson Kovac and of …
NAFB Plambeck Award Deadline
It’s time once again for the NAFB Plambeck Award. The National Association of Farm Broadcasting invites you to submit your entry for the Plambeck Award for Creative Excellence. Named in honor of NAFB Past President and Hall of Fame member Herb Plambeck, this award gives recognition for the best single and series radio commercial(s) that air on NAFB stations and …
NAFB Foundation Scholarships
Speaking of NAFB . . . They have announced their 2009 Foundation Scholarship Recipients. The NAFB Foundation has awarded three scholarships to college students actively seeking a career in agricultural journalism and communications. The recipients will be formally recognized at the Foundation Luncheon on Wednesday, November 11 at the NAFB Annual Convention in Kansas City, Mo. Selected for the Glenn …
Get Connected With NAFB
It’s time to book your room and reservation for this year’s National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention. You can hear a message from Greg Akagi about the convention here (mp3). Registrations are filtering in and hotel rooms are booking up fast! Don’t miss out on the agri-media event of the year…”Connecting: 2010 and Beyond”…the 65th Annual Convention of NAFB. Be …
Michelle Rook Interviews President Obama
President Barack Obama reached out to the farm media this week to promote his administration’s National Rural Tour. Doing the honors of interviewing the president on behalf of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting was past president Michelle Rook of WNAX, Yankton, SD. Michelle was able to ask Obama about several agricultural issues in the ten minute interview, including renewable …
NAFB Webinar
If you haven’t seen the results of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Wave Study then you’ve got an online chance coming up. We want to share that presentation with you, as an NAFB member. It features recorded clips of a number of producers, from across NAFB geography, talking about their dependence upon farm radio. These farmers and ranchers offer …